Firefly Marathon on SCI FI September 27th! With A Serenity Special Afterwards!!!

POSTED BY: FilmCritic3000
UPDATED: Sunday, July 31, 2005 21:00
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FILMCRITIC3000

Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:32 AM

While perousing SCI FI's website and manually exploring their September schedule, I came upon this page for September 27th!

http://tinyurl.com/8zchb

Wow! Ten episodes plus a 30-minute "Serenity" special! Shiny! Your thoughts?

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush
my teeth and sharpen my tongue." -- Dorothy Parker

EMBERS

Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by FilmCritic3000:
Wow! Ten episodes plus a 30-minute "Serenity" special! Shiny! Your thoughts?

oh this is so exciting!
I had been bemoaning (quietly, to myself)
the fact that Sci-fi didn't start off with a marathon before running all the episodes...
but this is SO much cooler!
If any people had come along and become fans but missing some of the episodes,
they can watch the whole thing in one gulp on Tuesday Sept 27th...
just in time to find the comics and STILL get to the theater for the opening weekend!

Yay!

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BEATLE

Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:55 AM

It would be cool if it was on a weekend and we could have all day Firefly parties.

RIVERBIRCH

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:00 AM

Awesome! Awesome! We need to keep "bumping" this one up.

riverbirch

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RKLENSETH

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:02 AM

Only the ten episodes? Why not all 14 of them?

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

ELWOODMOM

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:32 AM

Yipee!

RIVERGIRL

Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:47 AM

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Only the ten episodes? Why not all 14 of them?>>>

yeah I was wondering that too
but by then I'll have them all taped and just need that SPECIAL!!

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

RHUTTNER

Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:25 AM

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Originally posted by rivergirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by rklenseth:
Only the ten episodes? Why not all 14 of them?>>>

yeah I was wondering that too
but by then I'll have them all taped and just need that SPECIAL!!

Actually you wont. SciFi did not start airing them early enough to run all 15 episodes before the movie comes out. So depending on what episodes they air that day, you may need to tape some of them during the marathon, or even after.

Of course you could also buy the DVD so you can watch them commercial free, widescreen, with commentary, deleted scenes, and a few specials.

AUROTER

Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:02 AM

Ooh, that looks Shiny. It looks real Shiny. I've been wanting to do that with my DVD's for a while, but having it on TV is all that much more special.

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FORRESTWOLF

Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:46 AM

Actually, clearly the answer is to buy the DVD's to get all the extra goodness and commercial-free viewing, AND watch Sci-Fi's episodes, because if nothing else, people (myself included) have been noticed marked differences between the two. Anyone else notice different markings on the crybaby in the pilot?

NYWOE

Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:38 PM

That's awesome news!!!

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PURPLEPENGUIN91

Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:05 PM

That is awesome! I am really looking forward to the Serenity special, because by then I will probably be like bouncing off the walls with excitement lol

TALLGRRL

Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FilmCritic3000:
While perousing SCI FI's website and manually exploring their September schedule, I came upon this page for September 27th!

http://tinyurl.com/8zchb

Wow! Ten episodes plus a 30-minute "Serenity" special! Shiny! Your thoughts?

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush
my teeth and sharpen my tongue." -- Dorothy Parker

Great!!! In the MIDDLE of the week. In the MIDDLE of the day.
Nice for those of us who have jobs with business hours.
I won't winj too much because I'm lucky in that we have TVs at work and I'll be able to watch at the switchboard from 12-1 and then at my lunch hour from 1-2.
When I get home from work I'll set the VCR for the Serenity Special (heeeeeee!!!!).
I think I'll try some mass conversions and have the lunchroom tvs set to sci-fi all day...

Take me, sir. Take me hard. -- Zoe

TALLGRRL

Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Forrestwolf:
Actually, clearly the answer is to buy the DVD's to get all the extra goodness and commercial-free viewing, AND watch Sci-Fi's episodes, because if nothing else, people (myself included) have been noticed marked differences between the two. Anyone else notice different markings on the crybaby in the pilot?

I've been so so spoiled by watching the DVD set:
1. Widescreen is the way to go with this show. I'm finding myself really annoyed that Sci-fi isn't broadcasting this in letterbox format. I feel like I'm missing stuff.
2. NO BLOODY COMMERCIALS! I've noticed while watching the re-broadcasts on Sci-fi, whenever there's a break it's jarring. The flow is interrupted and I want to throw something at the TV. Actually, I do that with just about anything I watch on TV that's not Cable.
3. The commentary tracks are fun and still make me laugh after all this time.

If you still don't have the DVD set, check Amazon. I bought it a couple of weeks ago (to gift my sis!) and it was on sale for $29.99!! (Regular price is $49.99, people. And tt might be going back up the closer we get to Serenity's opening day.)

Take me, sir. Take me hard. -- Zoe

EVILBUNNIES

Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:35 PM

This is exciting news indeed. I agree with several here, I've been spoiled with the DVDs so that the full screen-ness is a bother, and I feel as though there is something on the side I'm missing because of the aspect ratio. Ah well. Its very nice that Sci Fi chose to air the episodes to get more fans in, and its nice that they aired the episodes in order so far. I'm looking forward to the "behind the scenes" stuff we should be watching during Friday eps as well, and I'll def be looking forward to Sept 27th for this Serenity Special. It's going to be very Shiny.

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INDECISIVETWIT

Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:57 PM

YAY! That's my birthday! Happy Birthday to me!!

LEEH

Sunday, July 31, 2005 7:31 PM

I had a feeling SciFi would do a pre-movie special--that's been their pattern. Yay!!!

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TALLGRRL

Sunday, July 31, 2005 8:30 PM

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Originally posted by IndecisiveTwit:
YAY! That's my birthday! Happy Birthday to me!!

Happy Birthday!
(It'll be 9 days after my birthday!)

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INDECISIVETWIT

Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:00 PM

Aww! Thank you! Happy birthday to you too!!! YAY FOR US!!